Musical instrument



May 1, 1934. F, s. PELOUBET MUSICAL INSTRUMENT Filed May 5. 1952 E N m I w R m M m a r L Fill-u 0 m E M m 7 W INVENTQR Patented May 1, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to musical instruments, and particularly to organs, and consists in an organ installation such as to render an organ installed in a church, for example, more widely serviceable in difierent auditoriums. I

In the accompanying drawing Fig. I is a diagram showing in plan two auditoriums, in one of which an organ is situated, and the arrangement of my invention, which renders the single organ serviceable in both of the two auditoriums; Fig. II is a view, partly in elevation, partly in vertical section, of apparatus in which certain instrumentalities involved in the practice of the invention are assembled in preferred manner.

An auditorium--a church, for example-is indicated in plan at 1, and in it an organ 2 is installed, together with a console 3, at which through electrical connections of well-known character the organ is played. A second auditorium is indicated at 4; it may, for example, be a chapel situated on the same property with the church building or it may be an auditorium of any sort, situated at any distance remote from the building in which the organ is housed. From the organ there is telephone connection to the auditorium 4, including a microphone in immediate association with the organ and an audio amplifler and loud speakers in the second auditorium, so that the music of the organ when played may be enjoyed in the auditorium 4. Such is a familiar arrangement.

My invention involves, in addition to such a telephonic installation, a second console 5, situated in auditorium 4, at which also, through electrical connections, the organ in the church 1 may be played. The apparatus installed in the auditorium 4 (in which apparatus the invention centers) is preferably that illustrated in Fig. 11, and includes in one casing the audio amplifier 8, the loud speaker (or loud speakers) 6 of the telephone from the organ 2, and the console, properly so called, as well, sufliciently indicated in outline at 5.

While it is old to associate with an organ sue a telephonically operated loud speaker 6, it is new to add a console in immediate association with the loud speaker, from which the organ may be played. And the new result following upon the new combination is this: that, whereas in the. old use of the loud speaker the music of the organ may be enjoyed in the remoteauditorium, the new combination with the remote console included makes possible not merely the enjoyment of the music in the remote auditorium but the adapatability o! the organ, and accommodation torium 4 and an organist at console 3 such coordination that the organist may play in accompaniment to the singing; but, with the console sit- 65 uated in auditorium 4, the necessary coordination may be had between singers and organist. The playing upon console '1, the speaking of the organ 2, and the reproduction in loud speaker 6 will be simultaneous. Thus the organist may hear the instrument speak the instant he presses the key, he may play in perfect adaptation to the singing, and those who sing may have a properly timed accompaniment. And, in like "manner, by the arrangement indicated, the organ may be adapted to progress of a service in the remote auditorium.

I claim as my invention:

1. A casing adapted to be'installed in a chapel or other auditorium, including a console, adapted to be brought into playing association with a remotely situated organ, and sound-reproducing means adapted to be brought in operative association with such remotely situated organ and to emit within said chapel or other auditorium the reproduced voice of such organ.

2. A casing adapted to be installed in a chapel or other auditorium, including a console, adapted to be brought into playing association with a remotely situated organ, an audio-amplifier adapted to be brought into association and to become responsive to the speaking of the same remotely situated organ and a loud-speaker operatively connected to such audio-amplifier.

FRANK G. PELOUBET. 

